From the 1948 musical film “Take Me Out To the Ball Game”.
Words by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Music by Roger Edens.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
O’Brien to Ryan to Goldberg
What a great double play
The other team never can get to score
In ev’ry inning, we keep ’em from winning
Each time that they try for a rally
That’s when we save the day
Someone’s on first and the game is in doubt
The guy up at bat hits a terrible clout
The dust clears away and they’re both of ’em out
O’Brien to Ryan to Goldberg
O’Brien to Ryan to Goldberg
Packs ’em into the park
The crowds in the bleachers are there at dawn
They treat us royal, gee whiz but they’re loyal
One game lasted seventeen innings
It was way after dark
We couldn’t see a darn thing anymore
We thought that the crowd
Had gone home good and sore
Then out of the black came a deafening roar
O’Brien to Ryan to Goldberg